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it is among other things enacted, that it shall be law
ful for us, in and by any letters patent to be issued,
after the passing of the said Act, under the great seal
of the United Kingdom, from time to time to con-
stitute and establish within any district or districts of
the Islands of New Zealand, one or more municipal
corporation or corporations, and to grant to any such
corporations all or any of the powers which (in pur-
suance of the statutes in that behalf made and pro-
vided), it is competent to us to grant to the
inhabitants of England
and Wales, incorporated in virtue of such statutes, or
any of them, and to qualify and restrict the exercise of
any such powers in such and the same manner as by
the statutes last aforesaid, or any of them, we may
qualify or restrict the exercise of any such powers
in England; and it is by the said Act further enacted,
that it shall be lawful for us, by any such letters pa-
tent as aforesaid, to make and prescribe all such rules
as to us shall seem fit for determining the extent and
boundaries of the districts to be comprised within any
such municipal corporations as aforesaid, and for re-
gulating the choice and election of the various officers
of any such corporations, and of the members of the
governing bodies thereof, and for ascertaining the
qualifications of the members of any such municipal
corporations; and it is by the said Act further enacted,
that it shall be lawful for us to execute any of the
powers thereby vested in us, by instructions under our
signet and sign manual, approved in our Privy Coun-
cil, and accompanying or referred to in letters patent
to be issued as aforesaid, and that it shall be lawful
for us, by any such letters patent or instructions, to
delegate to the Governor-in-chief, for the time being,
of the islands of New Zealand, or to the resp ctive
governors for the time being of the respective pro-
vinces into which the said islands may be divided, the
exercise of such of the powers by the said Act ves'ed
in us, as it may seem meet to us so to delegate, and
to prescribe the manner and form in which, and the
conditions subject to which, such delegated authority
of the said recited Act, and in exercise of the powers
thereby in us vested, we do hereby grant, ordain and
appoint, that the said islands of New Zealand shall
be divided into two separate provinces, to be called re-
spectively the "Province of New Ulster," and the
"Province of New Munster;" and we do hereby divide
the said islands accordingly; and we do hereby consti-
tute and establish a separate assembly within each of
the said two provinces, to consist of and be holden by
a Governor, Legislative Council, and a House of Re-
presentatives; and we do hereby declare, ordain and
appoint, that the limits of the said provinces respec-
tively, and the time at which, in each of the said
provinces respectively, the said Assemblies shall be
convened or holden, shall be determined in the manner
and form prescribed and provided for, in and by the
said instructions herein-before mentioned.
IV. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further
enacted, that each of the said Legislative Councils,
when constituted, shall consist of such persons as we
shall for that purpose appoint; and that the elections
of the members of the said Houses of Representatives
shall take place in such manner and form, and under
such regulations as shall for that purpose be prescribed
in any such letters patent as aforesaid. Now, therefore,
in further pursuance and exercise of the powers aforesaid,
we do hereby grant, appoint and ordain, that the said
Legislative Councils shall consist of such persons as are
for that purpose appointed or designated by us in the
said instructions hereinbefore mentioned, and that the
elections of members of the said Houses of Representa-
tives respectively, shall take place in the manner and
form, and under the regu'ations prescribed and provided
for in and by the said instructions, herein before-
mentioned.
V. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further.
enacted, that it shall be lawful for us, in and by any
such letters patent, to be issued as aforesaid, to consti-
tute and establish a General Assembly in and for the
said islands of New Zealand, to be called the General
Assembly of New Zealand, which said General As-
sembly shall be holden by the Governor-
in-Chief of the said islands, and a Legislative Council,
and a House of Representatives; and that such Legis-
lative Council shall consist of such persons as we shall
for that purpose appoint; and that such House of Re-
presentatives shall consist of members of the respective
houses of Representatives of the several provinces into
which the said islands may be divided, which members,
so to serve in the said General Assembly, shall be elec-
ted, nominated and appointed, by such persons, in such
manner and form, and upon and subject to such rules
and conditions as we, by any such letters patent as
aforesaid, shall direct. Now, therefore, in further pursu-
ance of the said recited Act, and in exercise of the powers
thereby in us vested; we do hereby constitute and esta-
blish a General Assembly in and for the islands of
New Zealand, to be called the "General Assembly of
New Zealand," and to consist of and be holden by the
Governor-in-Chief of the said islands, a Legislative
Council, and a House of Representatives; and we do
hereby grant, appoint, and ordain, that the Legislative
Council of the said General Assembly of New Zealand,
shall consist of such persons as are for that purpose
appointed or designated by us in the said instructions
herein-beforementioned; and that the House of Re-
presentatives of the said General Assembly, shall con-
sist of members of the respective Houses of Repre-
sentatives of the said provinces to be for that purpose
elected, nominated and appointed by the persons ap-
pointed, or designated, and in the manner and form
prescribed and provided for in and by the said instruc-
tions herein-beforementioned.
VI. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further
enacted, that it shall be lawful for us by any such let-
ters patent, to be issued as first aforesaid, to make
and prescribe all such rules as to us shall seem fit, for
ascertaining the qua'ifications of the members of any
such Assemblies or General Assembly, as aforesaid,
and for determining the length of time for which every
such Assembly or General Assembly shall be holden
from the time of the election of the members of the

Now, Know Ye, that in pursuance of the said re-
cited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby in us
vested, and also in exercise of all and every other
the powers to us in that behalf in anywise belonging,
we, of our special grace, mere motion, and certain
knowledge, have constituted and established, and do
hereby constitute and establish, within the said islands
of New Zealand, such municipal corporations with
such powers, qualifications, and restrictions, as are
mentioned and directed in certain Instructions by us
given under our signet and sign manual, approved in
our Privy Council, and bearing even date with and
accompanying these presents.
II. And, in further pursuance and exercise of the
powers aforesaid, we do hereby grant, appoint and
ordain, that the districts to be comprised within such
municipal corporations respectively, shall be of such
extent, and shall have such boundaries as are pre-
scribed and provided for in and by the said instructions,
and that the choice and election of the various officers
of the said corporations respectively, and of the mem-
bers of the governing bodies thereof, shall take place
and be regulated according to the rules and in the
manner and form prescribed and provided for in and
by the said instructions; and that the qualifications of
the members of the said municipal corporations, shall
in Ike manner, be ascertained according to the rules
and in the manner and form prescribed and provided
for, in and by the said instructions.
III. And, whereas it is by the said recited Act fur-
ther enacted that it shall be lawful for us, in and by
any letters patent, to be issued as aforesaid, from
time to time, to divide the said islands of New Zealand
into two or more separate provinces, and to constitute
and establish within the same, two or more separate
Assemblies; that is to say, one such Assembly in and
for each of such separate provinces, and that each of the
said Assemblies shall consist of, and be holden by, a
Governor, a Legislative Council, and a House of Re-
presentatives. Now, therefore, in further pursuance